August Newsletter
Londonwide LMCs Newsletter
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GPs should not automatically provide medical records following insurer subject access requests
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An Information Commissioner’s Office decision says handing over medical records wholesale following subject access requests (SARs) from insurers may be illegal, even with patient consent.
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Primary Care Workforce Commission report
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The Primary Care Workforce Commission was led by Professor Martin Rowland. Their report ‘the future of primary care: creating teams for tomorrow’ was published on 22 July. There are 38 recommendations covering workforce, practice skills (pharmacists etc), federations, integrating care, technology, safety, end of life care, managing specific patient groups, and data.
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GP resilience app
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The app, based around our GP Resilience, Take Control campaign, includes resilience guides for you to read on the move as well as the latest news from Londonwide LMCs. The app is free to download. Simply visit the iTunes store, give it a go and let us know what you think by emailing comms@lmc.org.uk. The iPhone and iPad app is intended as a pilot, with other handset brands and operating systems to follow.
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Media round-up
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Michelle spoke on camera to ITV News on Monday 10 August about EU citizens getting European Health Insurance cards in the UK and using them to bill the NHS for healthcare in their home countries. Michelle explained that a more comprehensive registration process should be administered by the NHS, rather than general practice.
Michelle spoke to Nursing in Practice and Management in Practice at the start of August, detailing the pressures facing the London general practice workforce as a whole and looking at how to better coordinate care to improve patient outcomes.
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Last updated : 13 Aug 2015
Rt Hon Theresa May MP’s first and final Spring 2017 Budget as PM was delivered on Wednesday 8 March. Future Budget statements will be delivered in the Autumn to allow...
Our GP State of Emergency campaign is almost a year old and continues to go from strength-to-strength, with the website just passing 10,000 downloads of template letters, posters and guidance...
The IR35 has been introduced as an anti-tax avoidance mechanism and applies to those organisations defined as a ‘public authority’ under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. For NHS purposes...
Our November 2016 workforce survey showed significant demand for work outside of core contract being put on responding practices. Of the 12 types of work not covered by core that...
This item was originally published in April 2017, following feedback from LMCs we can now add that Hammersmith and Fulham Council do pay GPs for child protection reports and have a...
NHS England’s Winter Indemnity Scheme has been extended to run until 17 April 2017, a month longer than originally intended. The extension has been introduced with a particular view to...
We are aware that some practices are experiencing substantial increases in premises service charges and difficulties in understanding their invoices. We have produced a fact sheet to support you; we...
Dr Michelle Drage has been re-elected to the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee, Dr Pamela Martin from Lewisham has also been elected. Their specific constituencies are:
Dr Michelle Drage representing Hillingdon,...
The British Medical Association (BMA) have notified us that they have been in discussion with NHS Property Services (NHSPS) over ongoing issues with the approach NHSPS has with practices. However,...
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